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0 pointsrdevilla4d ago0 comments

Whatever you think the scale of surveillance is, I assure you it is 100x worse.

North America is rooted. There is no recovery plan.

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My understanding is that Abraham Lincoln literally had all the nation's telegraph lines routed through DC during the civil war, and AT&T has been an honorary branch of the US government ever since.

rdevillaOP4d ago

That tradition was carried into the modern era.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

timschmidt4d ago

I'm aware. And the GP you're responding to's username is echelon. I think they're aware as well.

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0 pointsrdevilla4d ago0 comments

Whatever you think the scale of surveillance is, I assure you it is 100x worse.

North America is rooted. There is no recovery plan.

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timschmidt4d ago

My understanding is that Abraham Lincoln literally had all the nation's telegraph lines routed through DC during the civil war, and AT&T has been an honorary branch of the US government ever since.

rdevillaOP4d ago

That tradition was carried into the modern era.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

timschmidt4d ago

I'm aware. And the GP you're responding to's username is echelon. I think they're aware as well.

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